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TaioneReefer
03-03-2012, 01:09 AM
Hey guys, so I was at J&L today and the this little fella caught my attention since it was the only one in the tank.

anyways so I bought it and dropped it in my 65 along with yellow,hippo tang and pair of clowns.

now my question is IF i get a school of 4 stripe (12 in total) would that be a problem for my pair of breeding clowns?

btw, they're all getting moved to a 75 on tuesday.

Thanks guys
fishoholic
03-03-2012, 05:29 AM
Just having one in the tank will most likely cause issues for your clowns, I've seen four stripe damsels take nips out of fish 3 times their size, and kill fish the same size as them. My friend gave me the ones she had (3 of them) to be food for the mantis shrimp I had at the time. They had terrorized her tank so badly she didn't mine giving them away to be eaten. However much to our surprise the little ba$$tards terrorized my poor mantis!!!! :surprise: I ended up rehoming them.

FYI a 75g is way to small for a regal tang, they get big fairly fast and need a minium 180g.
TaioneReefer
03-03-2012, 08:59 AM
bummer.. thought they were cute looking fishes.

thanks, guess like i ll keep them in my fowlr then.
fishoholic
03-03-2012, 12:30 PM
bummer.. thought they were cute looking fishes.

thanks, guess like i ll keep them in my fowlr then.

Ya unfortunately Damsels are cute but usually the devil in disguise.
subman
03-03-2012, 02:35 PM
damsel compatibility = nothing lol
Reef Supplies
03-09-2012, 09:15 PM
damsel compatibility = nothing lol

Very true lol
Werbo
03-09-2012, 09:39 PM
One four stripe damsel will claim the whole tank to itself. If you put 12 four stripe damsels in a 75G it would be a fight to the death. I bet you'd be left with one damsel after 3 months and then it will turn to wiping out the other fish in you tank.

Personally i'd remove it and return it to the store you bought it.
lastlight
03-09-2012, 09:51 PM
Kien has a massive 4-stripe who behaves himself (does attack him when his arm is in the tank) and mine is also a model citizen. Mine lives in a massive birdsnest colony perhaps feeling secure helps with things I don't know.
paddyob
03-09-2012, 11:12 PM
Asides from clowns... A damsel is a damsel Is a damsel.

Avoid.